Corner-stake.



N0. 66|, 830. Patented Nov. I3, i900. J. S. WEBSTER.

CORNER STAKE.

(Application led Jan. 15, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.l

JOSEPH S. WEBSTER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. i

CORN ER-STAKE.

SPECIFICATION fermnig part of Lettere Patent Ne. 661,830, dated November13, 1900.

Application led January l5, 1900. erial No. 1,470. (No model...`

To all whom tm/tty concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. WEBSTER, a citizen of the United States,Vand a resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, haveinventeda new and Improved Corner-Stake, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedcorner-stake more espe cially designed for use by surveyors, railroads,property owners, andother persons and adapted to be set in the groundand to contain a record ofthe surrounding property and other informationand arranged to allow of conveniently securing it in place and to giveready access by the proper persons to the documentary matter to alter orcorrect the same in case changes occur in the ownership of the land.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafterv and then pointed outin the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is aperspective view of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 isan enlarged transverse section of the improvement. Fig. 8 is a sectionalplan View of the same, Fig. 4c is a plan View of the casing. Fig. 5 isan inverted plan view of the pointer. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sideelevation of the post, and Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are views` showing indetail certain locking devices employed.

The improved corner-stake has a post A, preferably made of iron andcruciform in cross-section and having a link B connected to one of thearms of the post, so as to hold the same in proper position when oncedriven the disk A2 and passing through a correspondingly-shaped aperturein the bottom D' of the casing. The latter is preferably square incross-section'and has somewhat recessed or depressed sides D2, each ofwhich is adapted to receive on the outside a removable card F,containing the record of the surrounding property. rIhe cards F appearat the rear of glass panels G, held in a skeleton hood H, fitted overthe casing at the top, as is plainly illustrated in Figs. l and 2, oneside of said hood H being formed with a lug H', extending through anaperture in the bottom D of the casing to receive at the lower end alock I of any approved construction for locking the hood in position onthe casing, thereby preventing unauthorized persons from obtainingaccess to the record inthe casing.

The top H3 of the hood is solid and has depending lianges for properlysealing the upper end of the casing D to prevent rain, snow, or the likefrom passing into the casing. The sides D2 of the casing D are cut outat the upper ends at D3 to permit of lifting the cards when desired.

On the top H3 of the hood is held a pointer J, having the usual cardinalpoints of the compass marked thereon, and said pointer is engaged at itsmiddle by a bolt K, which extends through the top H3 of the hood, a nutbeing on the under side of the hood for securely fastening the pointerin place after the same is set by the surveyor according to the pointsof the compass. The pointerJ is provided at its center with a disk J',formed on the under side with ridges J 2 (see Figs. 5 and 8) forengaging correspondingly-shaped recesses H2 on the top .H3 of the-hoodH. (See Figs. 1i and 7.) On the top H3 are arranged ridges L, reachingfrom the center of the topi` and the center ofthe pointer J, so thatwhen the stake is in position and the pointerJ has been adj usted andset according to the points of the compass then the pointer-arms andridges indicate the angles of the section-lines of the surroundingproperty. i

In setting the corner-stake A on a piece of property the post A is firstdriven into the ground and then the casing D is secured to thecorner-post, asedesc'ribed, and set so that each record-card faces theproperty described thereon, and when this has been done the sev- IOOeral cards F, bearing on their outer faces the record of the surroundingproperty, are set in the recesses formed in the sides of the casing,after which the hood H, with the pointer .I properly adjusted thereon,is placed over the casing land locked in position thereon, as abovedescribed.

Now it is evident that the record on the cards F is clearly visible onthe outside, so that a person can readily obtain the desired informationby reading the several cards.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desireto'secure by Let-ters Patent- 1. A corner-stake, having ridges radiatingover said casing, and glass panels for said hood, substantially asspecified.

3. A corner-stake,comprising a post, means for holding the post againstturning when set cards, to allow of reading the contents thereof, andmeans for locking the said hood to the said casing, as set forth.

4. A corner-stake, comprising a post, means for holding the post againstturning when set in the ground, a casing removably secured to the saidpost and adapted to support recordcards at its sides, a hood over saidcasing and having glass panels in front of' the recordcards, to allow ofreading the contents thereof, means for locking the said hood to thesaid casing, and a pointer adjustably secured to the top of said hood,and arranged to indicate with radial lines on the top of the hood todene the angles of the section-lines ofthe surrounding property with thecardinal points of the compass, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH S. WEBSTER.

Witnesses PRosPER ALBEE, LOUIS MARCHETTI.

